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Arlington Asset Investment Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Monday, 8/9/21, at 4:31pm ET · For: 6/30/21 · Accession #: 1564590-21-42688 · File #: 1-34374

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 8/09/21  Arlington Asset Investment Corp.  10-Q        6/30/21   78:16M                                    ActiveDisclosure/FA

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.73M 
 2: EX-31.01    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 3: EX-31.02    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 4: EX-32.01    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 5: EX-32.02    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
12: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     95K 
13: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    114K 
14: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     64K 
15: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML    123K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML     89K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    116K 
18: R7          Organization and Basis of Presentation              HTML     32K 
19: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     54K 
20: R9          Investments in Agency MBS                           HTML     63K 
21: R10         Investments in Mortgage Credit Securities           HTML     62K 
22: R11         Loans Held for Investment                           HTML     30K 
23: R12         Investments in MSR Financing Receivables            HTML     54K 
24: R13         Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities         HTML     80K 
25: R14         Borrowings                                          HTML    166K 
26: R15         Derivative Instruments                              HTML    556K 
27: R16         Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities      HTML    312K 
28: R17         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    339K 
29: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML     31K 
30: R19         Earnings (Loss) Per Share                           HTML     74K 
31: R20         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     45K 
32: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     99K 
                (Policies)                                                       
33: R22         Investments in Agency MBS (Tables)                  HTML     60K 
34: R23         Investments in Mortgage Credit Securities (Tables)  HTML     60K 
35: R24         Investments in MSR Financing Receivables (Tables)   HTML     49K 
36: R25         Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities         HTML     76K 
                (Tables)                                                         
37: R26         Borrowings (Tables)                                 HTML    166K 
38: R27         Derivative Instruments (Tables)                     HTML    553K 
39: R28         Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities      HTML    309K 
                (Tables)                                                         
40: R29         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    314K 
41: R30         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Tables)                  HTML     72K 
42: R31         Organization and Basis of Presentation -            HTML     27K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
43: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     34K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
44: R33         Investments in Agency MBS - Additional Information  HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
45: R34         Investments in Agency MBS - Additional Information  HTML     33K 
                About Gains and Losses Recognized with Respect to                
                Investments in Agency MBS (Details)                              
46: R35         Investments in Mortgage Credit Securities -         HTML     26K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
47: R36         Investments in Mortgage Credit Securities -         HTML     33K 
                Additional Information About Gains and Losses                    
                Recognized with Respect to Investments in Mortgage               
                Credit Securities (Details)                                      
48: R37         Loans Held For Investment - Additional Information  HTML     60K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R38         Investments in MSR Financing Receivables -          HTML     37K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
50: R39         Investments in MSR Financing Receivables -          HTML     32K 
                Schedule of Investment in MSR Finance Receivables                
                (Details)                                                        
51: R40         Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities -       HTML     40K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
52: R41         Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities -       HTML     42K 
                Schedule of Carrying Values of Assets and                        
                Liabilities of Consolidated VIE, Net of                          
                Elimination Entries (Details)                                    
53: R42         Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities -       HTML     41K 
                Schedule of Accrual Status of Mortgage Loans of                  
                Consolidated VIE (Details)                                       
54: R43         Borrowings - Additional Information (Details)       HTML     77K 
55: R44         Borrowings - Outstanding Repurchase Agreement       HTML     45K 
                Borrowings (Details)                                             
56: R45         Borrowings - Outstanding Repurchase Agreement       HTML     28K 
                Borrowings (Parenthetical) (Details)                             
57: R46         Borrowings - Information Regarding Outstanding      HTML     28K 
                Repurchase Agreement Borrowings During the Period                
                (Details)                                                        
58: R47         Borrowings - Long-term Unsecured Debt Instruments   HTML     50K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R48         Derivative Instruments - Fair Value of Derivative   HTML     34K 
                Instruments (Details)                                            
60: R49         Derivative Instruments - Interest Rate Swap         HTML     55K 
                Agreements (Details)                                             
61: R50         Derivative Instruments - Additional Information     HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R51         Derivative Instruments - TBA Commitments (Details)  HTML     63K 
63: R52         Derivative Instruments - Derivative Gains and       HTML     49K 
                Losses Recognized Within the Periods (Details)                   
64: R53         Derivative Instruments - Volume of Activity, in     HTML     52K 
                terms of Notional Amount, Related to Derivative                  
                Instruments (Details)                                            
65: R54         Derivative Instruments - Cash Collateral Posted in  HTML     29K 
                Respect of Derivative and Other Financial                        
                Instruments (Details)                                            
66: R55         Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities -    HTML     89K 
                Derivative Instruments and Short-term Borrowing                  
                Arrangements, including those Subject to Master                  
                Netting or Similar Arrangements (Details)                        
67: R56         Fair Value Measurements - Summary of Significant    HTML     46K 
                Inputs to Fair Value Measurement (Details)                       
68: R57         Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information    HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R58         Fair Value Measurements - Financial Instruments     HTML     75K 
                Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis                      
                (Details)                                                        
70: R59         Fair Value Measurements - Change in Fair Value of   HTML     50K 
                Level 3 Financial Assets and Liabilities that are                
                Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis                        
                (Details)                                                        
71: R60         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     48K 
72: R61         Earnings (Loss) Per Share - Computations of Basic   HTML     50K 
                and Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Details)                  
73: R62         Earnings (Loss) Per Share - Additional Information  HTML     28K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R63         Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML    149K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    146K 
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